Left Foot In: Children’s TV Is Doing the Wokey Pokey; We’re Not in Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood Anymore

  Christian Toto

Today’s kid-friendly shows routinely address sex, gender fluidity, race, and other complex topics that some parents think their youngsters aren’t ready to absorb. 

"When a PBS station last month featured “Lil Miss Hot Mess” reading from the performer’s new book, The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish, on a program aimed at children ages three to eight, the backlash was immediate, with a video of the reading going viral on conservative social media.

“If American tax dollars can be used to pay for 3-8 year olds to watch this PBS Drag Queen Story hour, then I demand equal tax dollars go to also read them Bible stories,” tweeted Tricia Flanagan, an unsuccessful 2020 Republican U.S. Senate hopeful from New Jersey.

"Such pushback from the Right is becoming more common lately as today’s kid-friendly shows routinely address sex, gender fluidity, race, and other complex topics that some parents think their youngsters aren’t ready to absorb. They are part of a broader cultural shift, often called the Great Awokening, that includes the advancement of social justice themes in many television shows and other media aimed at older teens and adults.

"And given the wider ferment, many viewers might not have noticed these recent examples of the normalization of wokeness in kiddie TV: . . ."

: Critical Race Theory May Violate Civil Rights Act, the Constitution: Dr. Carol Swain (ibloga.blogspot.com)

White people are protected in the same way that black people are by civil rights laws, she said. “We’re not a country where it’s acceptable to bully and shame people because of the color of their skin.”

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"Critical Race Theory training, which pressures people not to say certain things, take a certain stance, or forces them into some segregated settings, may infringe on people’s constitutional rights and even violate civil rights laws, said Dr. Carol Swain, a former professor of political science and law at Princeton and Vanderbilt universities.

"The main tenet of Critical Race Theory (CRT) is that the people of the world are divided into oppressors and oppressed, and in the United States, “all white people are considered oppressors who benefit from undeserved advantages,” Swain told The Epoch Times in an interview on EpochTV’s “Crossroads” program.

“ '[Whites] are deemed guilty of having set up a system of systemic racism,” she said of one main assumption being drawn from CRT. “The demonization of one group of people because of the color of their skin is something that is discriminatory.”

More here: Critical Race Theory May Violate Civil Rights Act, the Constitution: Dr. Carol Swain (theepochtimes.com)

Tyrus update: America-hater Gwen Berry shows her disrespect for U.S. flag at Olympic trials

 Monica Showalter  . . . "Why the heck is this creature permitted to compete at all for the U.S., given her seething hate for the country that gave her all those opportunities to develop her talent? Can you say 'height of ingratitude'? Can you imagine what some competitor athlete from, say, Kenya or Malawi might be thinking? Some other flag for this person with all those problems with America might be more appropriate.

"As Dinesh d'Souza noted, this is very bad for the Olympics in general:". . . 

We’re going to see more of this. It’s going to make patriotic Americans cheer for foreign competitors and against the anti-American Americans.

Hammer thrower Gwen Berry turns away from flag while anthem plays at trials - 'I feel like it was a set-up' https://t.co/TnIFwzy5Fh

— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) June 27, 2021

Tyrus reacts to Olympic athlete protesting flag: Why are you even competing? - YouTube 

Portland cops tell Antifa there's no need to riot, cause the guy we just killed was white -

 Who is supposed to get reparations and from whom? What will become of the useful idiots? - American Thinker*

American Thinker  "So, please remind me again, which race is it that is so privileged?  

"Lee Brown writes in the New York Post:

Antifa militants attacked police in Portland, Oregon, after news broke of a deadly police shooting — forcing the department to quickly announce that it was a "white male" to prevent riots, according to police and reports.

At least 50 protesters, most dressed all in black and carrying anti-fascist signs, gathered at a Motel 6 late Thursday where police shot a suicidal man who charged at them with a screwdriver, The Oregonian said. (snip)

In the middle of the mayhem, cops tried to dispel "erroneous information being circulated on social media," with local journalist Andy Ngo saying that "Antifa falsely claimed the deceased was a black or brown person" in flyers.

"We can confirm that the subject involved is an adult white male," the department stressed.

The officer who fired the fatal shot was black, and was placed on paid administrative leave, which is standard practice, The Oregonian said.

The city breathes a sigh of relief.

 "In the bad old days of the Democrat-run Jim Crow South, the rumor that a White girl or woman had been attacked — or even looked at — by a Black male was sometimes enough to set off a mob.  Today, in the Democrat-run big cities, mobs once again are set off by rumors — now, of the death of a Black man at the hands of the police.  Democrats still run racist regimes, but the regions involved and the races persecuted or protected have flipped."

 *"As the Marxist revolution oozes forward, I occasionally wonder what will happen to the useful idiots when the commies seize absolute power in this once great Republic. I believe that most AT readers are familiar with the term, but for those who need a brief refresher, a useful idiot, as defined by Wikipedia, "is a derogatory term for a person perceived as propagandizing for a cause without fully comprehending the cause's goals, and who is cynically used by the cause's leaders." In my opinion, this definition can be applied to a majority of the young, brainwashed radicals who have no idea about the true history of Marxism...or the real history of their native land that they're working so hard to destroy." . . .

The Problems with Laurel Hubbard’s Qualifying for the Olympics as a Woman

Olympics & Laurel Hubbard: Transgender Athlete Problems | National Review . . . "So, we have Laurel Hubbard, born male 43 years ago, and now presenting as part of the New Zealand women’s weightlifting team for Tokyo 2020, to be held this summer. For reference: 1 kilogram is about 2.205 pounds. Competing in the highest women’s weight class, 87 kilograms+ (the top men’s class is 109kg+), Laurel will be the oldest, and most likely the heaviest, competitor in that event by some margin. The average age of the rest of the field is 24. Laurel was a national junior weightlifter as a boy but not Olympic standard as a man, even at peak performance. Laurel is currently ranked seventh in the world among women." . . .

. . . "Will Laurel Hubbard get a medal in Tokyo? Who knows. Those who defend Hubbard’s inclusion, such as Joanna Harper, say it’s okay, because “she probably won’t win.” So what? Competing in the Olympics is a rare achievement attainable by very few men or women in their lifetimes. For most of those who do, just being there is the pinnacle of their careers. Hubbard’s qualification for Tokyo means Kuinini “Nini” Manumua won’t be going. Nini is a 21-year-old who represents Tonga. Each weight class is limited to 14 competitors: the world top eight plus one from each continent, plus one from the home nation or by special invitation. By taking a slot, Hubbard pushes women down the rankings. Nini is the woman who’d have got the Oceania regional slot if Hubbard hadn’t qualified, pushing an Australian, Charisma Amoe-Tarrant, out of the top 8 and into that regional slot. If Nini is still fit in four years’ time, she may get another chance. She may not." . . .

AwakenWithJP  "Easy solution. All of the women can identify as gold medal winners. As a matter of fact, why even have the games. Everyone can identify as gold medalists and everyone can stay home."AwakenWithJP